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H. P. TENANT. Seeding Machine.

No. 237,928. Pate nted Feb. 15,1881.

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UNITED saw ATENT arise.

HANSON P. TENANT, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM G. SCOTT AND HORATIO N. LAND, OF SAME PLACE.

SEEDlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,928, dated February 15, 1881.

Application filed December 20, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HANSON P. TENANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Force-Feed Seeding-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of force-feed seeding-machines in I0 which the grain is delivered through a cup or case in a continuous stream by means of a horizontal feed-roller.

The main object of my invention is to provide an improved construction whereby,when

the machine is in operation, the entire length of the feed-wheel acts upon the grain at all times, notwithstanding the adjustment of the sliding cut-off,whereby the grain is thoroughly agitated, the banking or massing of the grain in the cup is prevented, and the grain is evenly and uniformly forced through the discharge-opening.

To this end my invention consists, first, in the combination of a rotating non adjustable feed-wheel with a sliding cut-off arranged in a skeleton seed-cup and forming the bottom thereof, said cut-off being constructed with a seed-discharge opening or passage at one side, and adapted to permit the entire length of the feed-wheel to act at all times on the grain for agitating and evenly feeding the grain to the discharge-opening; second, in the combination of a rotary feed-Wheel with a-sliding cutoff, forming the bottom of the seedcup, and provided with a discharge-opening, and with a flange extending inwardly along one side of said opening adjacent to the feed-wheel,for holding back the grain not required to'be'fed out, and to carry it back along the Wheel, to insure the continual agitation of the grain and prevent banking or massing; third, in the combination of a rotary feed-wheel with a sliding but non-rotating cut-off provided with a discharge-opening, and constituting the bottom of the skeleton seed-cup, the driving-shaft upon which the agitating-wheel is mounted, and a flanged sleeve passed through one end of the cut-off and secured to the driving-shaft, whereby the cut ofi is free to slide longi- 0 tudinally without rotating with the shaft;

(ModeL) fourth, in a skeleton-frame forming the seedcup,in combination with a sliding non-rotating cut-ofi'forming the bottom of the skeleton seedcup, and a rotary non-adjustable feed-wheel having a hearing at one end on the rotating driving-shaft, and at the other end having its bearing in one side of the skeleton seed-cup; fifth, in the combination, with the sliding cutoff and the driving-shaft, of a sleeve provided with a rack-bar and arranged upon the said shaft, a rock -shaft arranged transversely to the driving-shaft and carrying a pinion meshing with the rack-bar, and provlded with an operating-handle and index or pointer at one end, and a scale co-operating with the movement of the transverse shaft, its pinion, and the index or pointer; sixth, in the combination, with the skeleton seed-cup, of a hollow non-adjustable agitating-wheel provided with longitudinal ribs arranged on its interior, and the driving-shaft provided with a transverse pin adapted to act upon said ribs for rotating the feed-wheel.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of portion of a seeding-machine constructed according to my invention; Fig.2, an end elevation, showing the transverse indicator-shaft and its pinion engaging the rack on the driving-shaft; Fig. 3, a longitudinal central section of Fig. 1. Fig. at is a transverse section of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 shows detached perspective views of the sliding cut-off and the feed-wheel; and Fig. 6 illustrates detached perspective views of the skeleton seed-cup, the feedwheel, and the sliding cut-oft, the feed-wheel in this view being grooved or fluted spirallyin a direction the reverse of that shown in Fig. 5. v

The letter A indicates the hopper, which may be of any suitable construction.

B indicates the skeleton seed-cup; This cup comprises an oblique grain-passage, B, flanges B which are applied against and secured to the hopper, and two sides, 0 O, one of which is an open ring and the other a disk. These both unite with the wallB of the grain-passage, and also with the flanges. The side 0 has a central opening, D, and a concentric slot, D, and is also provided with a short mounted upon the same shaft and alike num-- ber of seed-cups and cut-oii's employed, one attendant can readily adjust and control all of the devices.

What I claim is- 1. In a seeding-machine, the combination, with a skeleton seed-cup, and a rotary non-adjustable feed-wheel arranged therein, of an adjustable non-rotatin g cut-off, forming the bottom wall of the skeleton-cup, and having a seed-discharge opening or passage, the area of which is varied by adjusting the cut-ofi' laterally through the skeleton-cup, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a force-feed seedingmachine, of a rotary feed-wheel with a sliding cut-ofi', forming the botton of the seed-cup and provided with a discharge-opening, and with an inwardly projecting flange at one side of said opening adjacent to the feed-wheel, for holding back the grain not required to be fed out, and to carry it along the wheel to insure the continual agitation of the grain in the seedcup, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a force-feed seedingmachine, of the rotary agitating-wheel with a non-rotating sliding cut-off, provided with a discharge-opening and constituting the bottom of the seed-cup, the driving-shaft, upon which the agitating-wheel is mounted, and a sleeve passed through one end of the cut-off 40 and secured to the driving shaft, substantially as described.

4. The combination, in a force-feed seedingmachine, of a skeleton seed-cup with a slidin g cut-off forming the bottom of the seed-cup, and the rotary feed-wheel having a bearing at one end on the shaft and at the other end having its bearing in an opening in the side of the seed-cup, substantially as described.

5. In a seeding-machine, the combination, with the seed-cup, its cut-off, and the horizontal rotating feed-wheel shaft carrying the nonrotating cut-off, of a rack-bar arranged upon thefecd-wheel shaft, a slotted bearing in which the rack is arranged to slide, and which also prevents its rotation, and a shaft arranged in bearings at right angles to the rack, and provided at its inner end with a pinion engaging the rack, and at its outer end with an indicator-handle, co-operating with a fixed index, all substantially as descrlbed.

6. In a seeding-machine, a hollow fluted feed-wheel, having its bearings in the seedcup, and constructed on its interior with longitudinal inwardly-projecting ribs, in combination with the feed-wheel shaft, having a transverse pin engaging the said ribs for rotating thefeed-wheel, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HANSON P. TENANT.

Witnesses:

EDWARD H. DENNIS, WILLIAM W. GAAR.

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